Ensign Robert Dunlap was Killed in Action during the American Revolution.
According to Rev. J. A. M. Hanna, this Robert Dunlap was born in 1740, the second son of Capt. Alexander Dunlap (1716-1744) and Anne MacFarlane (1715-1786). He married in 1763 to Mary Gay, [1] and served with Major General Nathanael Greene as an ensign in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, where was he killed in action on 23 Jan 1781. Robert and Mary are said to have had children: [2]
Ann, b. 1765, m. David McKee/McKay of Jessamine County, Kentucky
Alexander, b. 1764, m. Jane Alexander, d. 1841
But according to Oren Frederic Morton, the Robert Dunlap who was killed at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse married in 1763 to Martha Graham; [3] and Mary Page Colcord Dunlap shows him dying in 1791. [4]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
Sandy (Craig) Patak :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #T882365 +
Mitochondrial DNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H, MitoYDNA ID T18736[compare]
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert: